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This is an ordered list of Consequence of Sound's highest rated albums of 2017. Check out
Consequence of Sound's Year End List
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1
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Ryan Adams - Prisoner
February 17, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Heartland Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights
October 27, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION
October 13, 2017
Art Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Moses Sumney - Aromanticism
September 22, 2017
Art Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Ambient Pop
,
Neo-Soul
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
September 22, 2017
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Brand New - Science Fiction
August 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Emo
,
Alternative Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
The Kickback - Weddings and Funerals
July 14, 2017
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory
June 23, 2017
Experimental Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
,
Hardcore Hip Hop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Jlin - Black Origami
May 19, 2017
Footwork
,
IDM
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Slowdive - Slowdive
May 5, 2017
Dream Pop
,
Shoegaze
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
April 14, 2017
Conscious Hip Hop
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Drake - More Life
March 18, 2017
Contemporary R&B
,
Pop Rap
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
March 31, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk Pop
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Spoon - Hot Thoughts
March 17, 2017
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Mount Eerie - A Crow Looked at Me
March 24, 2017
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Julie Byrne - Not Even Happiness
January 27, 2017
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Cloud Nothings - Life Without Sound
January 27, 2017
Post-Hardcore
,
Indie Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION III
December 15, 2017
Pop Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Charli XCX - Pop 2
December 15, 2017
Hyperpop
,
Bubblegum Bass
,
Electropop
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Miguel - War & Leisure
December 1, 2017
Alternative R&B
,
Contemporary R&B
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Björk - Utopia
November 24, 2017
Art Pop
,
Glitch Pop
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin - Without Warning
October 31, 2017
Trap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Fever Ray - Plunge
October 27, 2017
Electropop
,
Art Pop
,
Post-Industrial
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Margo Price - All American Made
October 20, 2017
Contemporary Country
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
King Krule - The OOZ
October 13, 2017
Art Rock
Score
83
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Consequence of Sound awarded albums throughout 2017.
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